SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Gabe Kapler talks to his San Francisco Giants about having a fighter’s mentality.
And it took not one however two comebacks to get again within the win column.
Wilmer Flores drew a bases-loaded stroll within the eighth from Evan Justice to carry house the go-ahead run after Mike Yastrzemski hit a tying RBI single that inning, and the Giants rallied twice to beat the Colorado Rockies 9-8 on Friday evening and snap a six-game shedding streak.
“When you go down in a game several times and we’ve had some of the challenges that we’ve had over the last month it’s pretty easy to pack it in in those games,” Kapler stated. “These guys are nothing else if not fighters. I’m really proud of the at-bats and the continued effort all the way through this game.”
Justice relieved Jake Bird (2-3) and hit Blake Sabol with a pitch to load the bases. After Luis Matos struck out trying, Flores labored the depend full and Justice missed his spot – then did so once more in strolling LaMonte Wade Jr. subsequent.
That insurance coverage run mattered as Camilo Doval surrendered Nolan Jones’ two-out double earlier than ending for his thirty sixth save. John Brebbia (3-0) pitched the eighth for the victory.
Elias Díaz hit a go-ahead three-run homer within the seventh and Nolan Jones additionally linked for Colorado. Sabol hit a two-run shot within the backside of the seventh to maintain San Francisco shut.
The Giants (71-70) prevented falling beneath 500 for the primary time since starting the day 29-30 on June 4. The Giants had been outscored 41-14 throughout the skid and are simply 10-21 since Aug. 5 to drop out of a wild card spot.
Flores, Mitch Haniger and J.D. Davis homered so as within the sixth for the Giants to erase a four-run deficit and tie the sport. They all went to left-center, too. The final time three Giants in a row homered was April 4, 2016, at Milwaukee, the place Denard Span, Joe Panik and Buster Posey all linked.
Matos drew a leadoff stroll from former Giants lefty Ty Blach to begin the inning then Flores hit a two-run drive.
“You could kind of feel the momentum in the ballpark shift, you could feel the momentum in the dugout shift,”
Giants starter Kyle Harrison made the second house begin of his profession and fourth total. He struck out 5 extra after fanning 11 in his first begin at Oracle Park to present him 16 at house – simply shy of Hall of Famer Juan Marichal’s 18 Ks in 1960 which are most by a Giants pitcher in his first two house outings, in keeping with STATS.
“It’s a great win, we needed that badly,” Harrison stated.
Austin Slater and Thairo Estrada, the Giants’ scheduled Nos. 1-2 hitters taking part in heart subject and second base, respectively, have been late scratches – Slater with dizziness and Estrada with pink eye.
NEW DEAL
Rockies right-hander Germán Márquez reached settlement on a $20 million, two-year contract for 2024-25, a deal that permits him to stay with the workforce as he recovers from Tommy John surgical procedure.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Rockies: Colorado has shut down lefty Austin Gomber for the season, inserting him on the 60-day injured checklist with decrease again irritation. The determination was primarily based on the actual fact Gomber may not have felt ok to return for one or two begins and would possibly profit extra now by specializing in his rehab towards being totally wholesome for 2024, although “his arm feels great,” supervisor Bud Black stated. … That transfer cleared the way in which for right-hander Victor Vodnik to come back up from Triple-A Albuquerque.
Giants: RHP Alex Cobb (hip) is scheduled to throw a bullpen Saturday after taking part in catch two straight days and might be in line to begin Monday. … OF Michael Conforto examined his strained left hamstring with baserunning Friday and was to be evaluated Saturday primarily based on how he felt a day later earlier than the Giants decide if he’s able to return or maybe want a rehab look.
UP NEXT
RHP Chase Anderson (0-4, 5.98 ERA) makes his second begin for Colorado since getting back from a stint on the injured checklist with irritation in his pitching shoulder. For the Giants, RHP Logan Webb (9-12, 3.51) tries to finish a six-start winless stretch since beating Arizona on Aug. 2 during which he’s misplaced his final three begins.
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